Three drawings from the last couple of days

Drawing of a cat in pen

Drawing of a cat in penThis is a sketch I did for someone called Taryn – I like how it turned out with the eyes, and I threw in that black outline that I’ve done a few times recently. I can’t decide if it’s good or bad though – I suppose it depends weather the drawing aim to be realist or not.

Drawing of a cat in penHere’s one that probably lacked a little effort. I think i finished it too quickly, and I didn’t put enough effort into measuring out the sheet of paper beforehand.

Painting of a tabby cat in watercolor and penAnd lastly – this is a portrait that I just finished for the winner of my recent pet portrait giveaway

The cat in the picture is called Cuzz-Wuzz, and her “mom” is a cat-blogger over at DashKitten.com

You can read more about this cat portrait at my pet-portrait site tclausen.net

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Two sketches and a commission drawing

Drawing of a cat in pen

Drawing of a cat in penSketch of a cat in penCommissioned drawing of a cat in penHi everyone. I’m checking in with three new cat-portraits. Two are sketches and one is a commissioned cat portrait in pen that  is slightly overdue. I hope that the owner will like it!

I haven’t got a lot of inquiries for my commissions lately, but I do have two portraits on my to-do list that I hope to be able to work on during next week. If you know a catlady, catman or maybe a doglover and you don’t know what to get them for Christmas (f you celebrate that sort of thing) – then do consider getting them a pet-portrait! Read more about that on my pet-portrait-portfolio-page, http://tclausen.net

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An update of 9 Sketches

Drawing of a cat in pen

Sketch of a cat beneath blanket in penThis cat is called Dawn. Dawn can be found over at the blog called “Life with dog and cats”. When Dawn’s owner saw the sketch I did, she published a blog post about it, that you should go see here: Cat Art: Portrait of a Cat Called Dawn, by Thomas Clausen

Sketch of a piece of cakePiece of cake!

Sketch of a cat called Zee in penHere’s a cat called Zee who can be found at the blog “The Chronicles of Zee and Zoey”

Sketch of a dog in penA dog requested by a facebook user!

Sketch of a cat in penThis is a cat for a Twitter user.

Sketch of a dog in pencilThis is a pencil sketch I did of a hunting dog called Thunder who lives over at “Two Brown Dawgs” – The left eye is perhaps a little off, but that’s how it go when you draw too quickly. I do enjoy to sketch in pencil though!

Drawing of a cat in penThis is a cat called Cody! I did one of Cody 6 months ago, but without too much success, so I promised Cody’s owner (from the blog “Cat Chat with Caren and Cody”) that I would do another one – so here it is – six months overdue! But better than the last one.

Sketch of a cat in penAnd this is one I did for the editor of “Old Tat Mag” – A British fashion magazine who’s got a feature out about cats! I’m too late to get in their printed version, but I think there’ll be a blog-post about my cat art endeavor! one of these days.

Drawing of a cat in penAnd for the last one..  Well this one is slightly out of the chronology, but I didn’t write a date on it, so I’m not quite sure where it fits in. I’m working on a commission for someone, but I’m tossing this one. It didn’t turn out good enough for me to ask money for it, so I’ll give it another go with another photo.

That’s all for now!

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Win a portrait of your pet! + Interview + Fresh portrait of Merlin the cat!

Drawing of a cat called Merlin in pen and watercolor

Drawing of a cat called Merlin in pen and watercolorI’ve been interviewed by a cat! Who would have thought it possible? I’m amazed! And I think it turned out quite good! Come read it here: Interview with artist Thomas Clausen and pet portrait giveaway – If you comment on Merlin’s post, you also get the chance to win a portrait of your pet – drawn by me! – so go ahead and do that!

The above drawing is my 688th since the 9th September 2014! Yup!
Come see this one at my Pet portrait portfolio too!

6 mediocre drawings – will make more of an effort next time :)

Drawing of a cat in charcoal

Drawing of a cat in charcoalDrawing of a cat in ballpoint penSketch of a dog in ballpoint penSketch of a dog in ballpoint penSketch of a dog in ballpoint penSketch of a cat in ballpoint pen

Sometimes you just don’t feel it. I’m pretty unsatisfied with the three dog drawings above. It’s a result of being a bit too sleepy and or careless while drawing – which reflects in the end result. The cat in charcoal was an attempt for a commission drawing. I haven’t done a lot of charcoal before, but when someone requested a charcoal portrait of her cat as a commission, I went with it. I think that I’ll start over with a drawing in ballpoint pen, since these work a little better for me 😉

I don’t have a lot to add – but I hope that I can post something that I’m a little more proud of next time!

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Two drawings of dogs

Drawing of a dog in ballpoint pen

Drawing of a dog in ballpoint penA commissioned drawing of a dog in watercolor and ballpoint pen

These two are drawings are what I’ve managed to produce since my last post! The first one if another one of my free pet sketches whereas the latter is a new commissioned drawing that I worked quite intensely on yesterday to get it ready to ship as soon as possible. The original photo had the dog wearing a bright red.. Dog jacket? (I’m not 100% on the terminology here) – that I decided not to include in the portrait. It also has the dog posing on the beach. I opted for a plain blue background to keep the focus on the dog. I hope you all like it!

You can see this drawing on my portfolio site here: Pet portrait commission of Baci the dog

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8 new drawings – one is a commission drawing

Drawing of a cat called Merlin in ballpoint pen

Drawing of an excited football fanSketch of a guy with wild hair and beardDrawing of a cat called Merlin in ballpoint penDrawing of a street in germany in ballpoint penDrawing of a guy with glasses in ballpoint penDrawing of a cat in ballpoint penDrawing of a cat in ballpoint pencommissioned drawing of a cat in ballpoint penHere’s another batch of drawings. Some of this and some of that. The last one is yet another commissioned drawing that you can see on my “pet portrait artist” site!

Other than that, there are some cats, an overly excited football (soccer) fan, that I’m pretty happy about, a perspective drawing – (my arch enemy is perspective drawing) and some odd portraits from Reddit gets drawn!

Hope you like them!

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Commissioned drawing of three cats in watercolor and ballpoint pen

Commissioned watercolor and ballpoint pen triple portrait of three cats

Commissioned watercolor and ballpoint pen triple portrait of three catsHere’s my most recent commissioned drawing of three cats. The owner wanted to get them all together in a painting as a keepsake, but since one of them has passed away, the composition had to be made out of individual photos.

Photo collage of three catsI’m fairly happy about the result, but I have yet to hear the owner’s opinion !

Come see this tripple-portrait of three cats on my portfolio site as well!

This was my 671th drawing since the 9th September 2014!